7 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, ^a“Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in¹ distress?”  ‡

8 ^aAnd the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have ^bturned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be ^cour head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”  ‡

10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, ^a“The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”  ‡

11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him ^ahead and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words ^bbefore the Lord in Mizpah.  ‡